Improvement in steam-botter for cooking food for stock



\ W. J. ESTES. STEAM BOILER FOR 0001mm FOOD FOR STOCK.

No. 102,521. Patented May 3, 1870.

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"iflnited fitatw WILLIAM J; ESTES, OF PENN TOWNSHIP, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 102,521., dated May 3, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT STEAM-BOILER FOR COOKING FOOD IOR STOCK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the lame dmwings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in n cest-iron boiler, made in two halves. Each halt hasou itsouter edge e, flange, provided with a number of inclined planes, for the purpose of fasteningthe two halves to-. gether by means of gripes, so that it can be easily taken apart and cleaned.

It is provided with a stemn-dome ou the top of the boiler, vto receive the steznn. 0n the top of the dome thereal-e threeor moreopeniugs, one teat-mach the filling-can, one for the satiety and vacuum-Valves, and the other for a pressure-valve, in the top of which is a steam-pipe to conduct 1 the steamd'rom the boiler to the superhenter, which is attached to the top of the boiler. I,

The filling-can is provided with a valve oi cock in the lower part, and ii tunnel on the". upper part, through which the boiler is supplied with water.-

The pressure-valve regulates the pressure of steam in the boiler.

Letter A represents the lower half of boiler.

B, the'upper half, with wedge-shaped flanges, and gripes m m an.

O the steam-dome, on which are the filling-can, the

safety and vacuum-valves, and the pressure-valve,

which can be put on the top of the 'superheater when desired.

D is the superheater. E, the fire-box. I the return-flue. G, the filling-can. H, the steam-pipe. 'i, the safety-valve. J, the pressure-valve.

.n is the pipe which conveys the steam from the V pressure-valveto the cooking-tub.

K is a. flue from the fire-box under the boiler, through return-flue F, and betweeuthe top' of the boiler and the super-heater, to t-hesmoke-staek L.

m an an are wedge-shaped flanges around the edges of the boiler, for the-purpose of fastening, the two halves together by means of gripes; V

The return-flue]! is fastehed to theboiler with a rod or bolt, so that it can be readily taken apart and cleaned.

What I claim as my invention,- and desheto seizure by Letters Patent, is-- .The two halve's of boiler A and B, with wedgeshaped flanges and gripes m "m m, steamedmne O, su-' per-heater I), fire-box E, return-flue F, filling-nan G, steam-pipe H, and pressure-valve J, with pipen, substantially as herein described and setforth.

, -Wituesses: LOU1s Knox, A. O. flnomson. 'j

WM. J. ESTES. 

